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Food for thought Despite how the media and politicians try to frame it, the divide is not one of liberal versus conservative, left versus right, or even urban versus rural. It is simply a conflict between rational thinking people who can draw their own conclusions based on something other than media sensationalism, and those who are fearful and need swift, inaccurate and inefficient action to momentarily abate their fears until another news story or political gambit stirs them up like a nest of cowardly wasps. The registry is today, and always has been, about fear-based politics—not public safety. - Johnathan Ryan Did you know? In 1888 Winchester and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company bought the Remington Arms Company. In 1896 Winchester sold its share but it's unclear why. BSA stands for Birmingham Small Arms. The English company was established in 1861. Biathlon has its roots as a training exercise in the Norwegian Army, and became an official Olympic event at the 1960 Games. Women’s biathlon was included in 1992. In the past 20 years, it has grown to become one of Europe’s most popular Nordic sports. Recently updated articles Contact shot ( Admin ) - [ 22:47, 13 April 2024 ] 5.7x28mm ( Admin ) - [ 12:46, 20 February 2024 ] Cooey model 39 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 15:18, 30 March 2020 ] SIG Sauer P226 ( Admin ) - [ 09:34, 29 February 2020 ] Ross rifle ( Terr1959 ) - [ 04:50, 22 August 2018 ] Cooey model 84 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 20:28, 24 June 2018 ] Full metal jacket bullet (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 14:03, 18 March 2018 ] List of assault rifles (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:59, 17 March 2018 ] Veronica Foster ( Admin ) - [ 09:52, 11 January 2018 ] Lee-Enfield FAQ (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:34, 25 June 2017 ] Latest duscussions Talk:Ross rifle Talk:5.7x28mm Talk:Concealed carry in the United States

Article Of The Moment A Shadowgraph image of a supersonic bullet. The Bow Shockwave is clearly visible as the V-shaped line at the front-most tip of the bullet (far right). A bullet bow shockwave is a physical and audible wave created in the air when a bullet travels at supersonic speeds; meaning faster than the speed of sound. The bullet bow shockwave is the result of air being greatly compressed at the front-most tip of the bullet as it slices through the air. As the bullet moves forward a broadening wave of compressed air trails out diagonally from the bullet tip. The sides of the bullet create a conical waveform. This conical waveform may be audible to a witness as a whip-crack sound. A bullet bow shockwave will be heard by any witness as long as the bullet speed is faster than the speed of sound, whether the bullet was fired from a weapon giving off an openly audible muzzle blast, or a mechanically-suppress-fired muzzle (silenced weapon) blast. If a bullet is fired from a silenced weapon, a witness can mistake the bullet bow audible shockwave whip-crack for the weapon muzzle blast audible wave, which is a separate audible event. It might be noted here that if one is involved in such an event, that the sound you hear from a silenced weapon will not be from the point of origin. Most humans will perceive the sound as being omnidirectional or as emanating from the bullet as it passes by. In History This phenomenon may be of primary importance in the "grassy knoll" theory of the Kennedy Assassination. In fiction This effect was visualized in several bullet time scenes in "The Matrix" Trilogy.